Miracle Machine

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Lately there is a problem opening Facebook (FB) using USM (Universiti Sains Malaysia) network in Engineering Campus. This problem is probably caused by the proxy setting of the network. To overcome this problem, you can try the following steps:

Friday, April 27, 2012

In the previous post, we learned how to INSTAGRAMize our picture using curve adjustment layer via photoshop. Now we will learn another curve adjustment combination to make our picture looked LOMOcified.

Below is the original picture used in this post

To lomocify the picture do the following steps:1. Lomo Curve Adjustment Layer
Put a curve adjustment layer above the Background layer by selecting "Layer>New adjustment layer>Curves..." and put the following points in their respective channel.

Channel

Point

Input

Output

Red

1

222

252

Red

2

163

196

Red

3

128

128

Red

4

59

36

Green

1

148

180

Green

2

65

63

Blue

1

255

209

Blue

2

0

46

(If you still dont understand how to add points in the curve adjustment layer, then you should practice with this or that post)

the curves should look like this

2. Reduce Contrast
This step is optional. If your original image is sufficiently contrast, then the curve adjustment layer will increase the contrast. To reduce the contrast, add the following point to the RGB channel.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

The previous post provided the
tutorial to make X-Pro II effect using Photoshop. Meanwhile, the current tutorial
will explain how to make another Instagram filter called Nashville filter using
Photoshop.

The image used in this tutorial
is similar with the previous post. The layers to obtain the effect are:

2) Create several points in the
red, green, and blue channels. Double click the new curve adjustment layer and
change the channel to the corresponding channel. Place the point on the line
and set the input and output according to the table below. Click OK after that.

Channel

Point

Input

Output

Red

1

170

188

Red

2

101

111

Red

3

57

19

Green

1

255

229

Green

2

192

185

Green

3

116

130

Green

4

71

86

Green

5

19

3

Blue

1

255

208

Blue

2

0

64

3. Border Layer.

1) Create New Layer. Choose
“Layer>New>Layer…” from the menu, or use Shift+Ctrl+N shortcut.

2) Select All. Choose
“Select>All” from the menu, or use Ctrl+A shortcut.

3) Smooth the corner of the
selection. Choose “Select>Modify>Smooth…” from the menu and set the
sample radius to 10 pixels. For photo with larger pixels use a larger sample
radius and vice versa.

4) Repeat step 3 two times.

5) Reduce the selection. Choose
“Select>Transform Selection” from the menu or use Ctrl+T shortcut and set
the W and H value to 92.5%.

6) Inverse the selection. Choose
“Select>Inverse” from the menu, or use Shift+Ctrl+I shortcut.

7) Fill the selection with black.
Choose “Edit>Fill>” from the menu, or use Shift+F5 shortcut and use black
as the contents.